Section of Homily on Vocations Sunday in 2008 given by Fr. Frank Pavone, of Priests for Life
Seedbed for Vocations
It is in presenting to the world this “fundamental way,” this vision of the sacred dignity of the human individual shepherded to life in Christ, that the Church most effectively promotes vocations. Today is “Vocations Sunday.” We pray that many will hear the call to the priesthood, the call to devote themselves fully to the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ, which is the Gospel of Life, and to shepherd God’s people in the very person of Christ.
Many young people today are finding their vocation precisely because of the Church’s witness to the sanctity of life amidst the holocaust of abortion. Responding to a vocation requires counter-cultural service, which is precisely the context that the pro-life movement offers. Devoting oneself to the defense of life provides a powerful seedbed for the flowering of priestly vocations, just as a response to a priestly vocation is necessarily a commitment to the defense of life.
Let us pray today for many “good shepherds,” and let us encourage those who have already accepted that call.
Full homily can be found here, http://www.cuf.org/homilies/archive/041308.asp
Seedbed for Vocations
Many young people today are finding their vocation precisely because of the Church’s witness to the sanctity of life amidst the holocaust of abortion. Responding to a vocation requires counter-cultural service, which is precisely the context that the pro-life movement offers. Devoting oneself to the defense of life provides a powerful seedbed for the flowering of priestly vocations, just as a response to a priestly vocation is necessarily a commitment to the defense of life.
Let us pray today for many “good shepherds,” and let us encourage those who have already accepted that call.
Full homily can be found here, http://www.cuf.org/homilies/archive/041308.asp
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